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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Official Trustees Act, 1913 Section 15

Liability of Government

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Official Trustees Act, 1913 Section 15 is part of Official Trustees Act, 1913 - Liability of Government. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) The1[***] Government { The words "of India" omitted by Act 21 of 1922. section3. } shall be liable to make good all sums required to discharge any liability which the Official Trustee, if he were a private trustee, would be personally liable to discharge, except when the liability is one to which neither the Official Trustee nor any of his officers has in any way contributed or which neither he nor any of his officers could by the exercise of reasonable diligence have averted, and in either of those cases the Official Trustee shall not, nor shall the1[***] [Government] { The words "or of the G. of I. " omitted by the A. O. 1937. } be subject to any liability.

(2) Nothing in sub- section (1) shall be deemed to render the1[***] [Government] { The words "or of the G. of I. " omitted by the A. O. 1937. }or any Official Trustee appointed under this Act liable for anything done by or under the authority of any Official Trustee before the commencement of this Act.

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1. "revenues of the" omitted by the Official Trustees (Amendment), Act, 1964, w.e.f. 25-12-1964.

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